How surgeons disclose medical errors to patients: A study using standardized patients

Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 851-858

  Chan, David K ^a   Gallagher, Thomas H ^b   Reznick, Richard ^a   Levinson, Wendy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL SPONGE;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SURGERY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 27744545260     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2005.04.015     Document Type: Article

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